This versatile handbook is for middle school and high school
educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for adolescent ELL
students at various stages of literacy competency. Adapted from the highly
successful Differentiated Literacy
Strategies for Student Growth & Achievement in Grades 7–12, the authors
use brain-based strategies and texts that appeal to older learners who may have
had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant
populations. More than 100 hands-on tools help teachers develop students'
competencies in:

Written for classroom teachers, reading specialists,
curriculum developers, and instructional leaders, this one-stop source provides
an expert guide to working with all of today's adolescent and teen English
language learners.

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Accelerating Literacy Learning

2. Creating a Climate for Literacy Learning

3. Knowing the Adolescent Literacy Learner

4. Functional Literacy

5. Content-Area Literacy

6. Technological Literacy

7. Innovative Literacy

8. Managing Instruction in the Differentiated Literacy Classroom

References and Additional Resources

Index

"This book is a great resource for teachers who need to identify which types of English language learners will benefit from strategies without wasting time with strategies that will not produce results. Gregory and Burkman have created a resource that can be utilized in all classrooms regardless of language acquisition."

Amy Cunningham, Reading Specialist

Mansfield ISD, TX

"I absolutely loved this book and would put it in the hands of each of our teachers. The strategies and activities in the book are not only beneficial for second language learners, but for all students."